P01863.006 Accession Number: P01863.006

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Menin Road, France, 1917-09. The dead bodies of German soldiers lying amidst rubble outside a damaged German pillbox. The pillbox was captured and the soldiers killed during the Battle of Menin Road. The soldier in the foreground at left is still wearing his helmet. This is a stereo image. One half of the image is held at P01863.021.

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Accession Number
P01863.006
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
Format: Stereograph
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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